Improved line-holder



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' Letters Patent No. 71,702, dated December 8, 1867.

l lIMPROVBD LINE-HOLDER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONGERN:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. CLARK, of the city of Detroit, in the county of Wayne, in the State Michigan, have invented a. new and, improved Line-Holder; and I do declare that the following is a full and accurate description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference Amarked thereon, being made a. part of this specification.

The'natureof my invention consists in using the reversible wheel A, with the cap C, upon tbe plate D, to stop or hold a, cord, rope, or strap E, against the stop B, as in Figures 1 and 2, for holding clothes-lines, or other cords or straps, and in Figure 5 for holding a. curtain-cord or strap, or in Figure 4 as al window-stop. Figure 3 represents a. cable-stop with lever G to t into socket F, for' the purpose designed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The eccentric wheel A, stop B, plate D, end the cap C, or substantially the same, for the purpose designed,

SAMUEL J. CLARK.

Witnesses:

H. F. EBnn'Is,

OLIVER DxoUILLAnn. 

